This page describes an image Spiral Galaxy Merger
Caption: This image shows two interacting spiral galaxies located approximately 150 million light-years away. Two spiral galaxies are involved in this dance, creating visible distortions in their spiral arms due to the gravitational pull. What is starting as an embrace in this picture, will end in the merger of those two galaxies into one, most likely elliptical, galaxy.
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Related glossary terms:
Galaxy
, Spiral Galaxy
Categories:
Galaxies
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Caption: Questa immagine mostra due galassie a spirale interagenti, situate a circa 150 milioni di anni luce di distanza dalla Terra. Due galassie a spirale sono coinvolte in questa danza, creando distorsioni visibili nei loro bracci a spirale a causa dell'attrazione gravitazionale. Quello che in questa immagine inizia come un abbraccio, finirà con la fusione di queste due galassie in un'unica galassia, molto probabilmente ellittica.
Credit: ESO
Related glossary terms: Galassia , Galassia a spirale Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Giuliana Giobbi
Caption reviewers: Rosa Valiante, Rodolfo Canestrari, Anna Wolter